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2012 Australian Grand Prix qualifying results Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 20 Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, South Melbourne, Victoria 58 laps on a 5.303 kilometer road course (307.574 kilometers) Time of race: 1:34:09.565 Average speed: 195.991 kph Pole time: 84.922 seconds Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 2.139 sec Attendance: 114000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    2012 Formula One results   /   2012 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Lewis Hamilton 4 1:24.922   224.804   2   Jenson Button 3 1:25.074   224.402   3   Romain Grosjean 10 1:25.302   223.802   4   Michael Schumacher 7 1:25.336   223.713   5   Mark Webber 2 1:25.651   222.891   6   Sebastian Vettel 1 1:25.668   222.846   7   Nico Rosberg 8 1:25.686   222.800   8   Pastor Maldonado 18 1:25.908   222.224   9   Nico Hulkenberg 12 1:26.451   220.828   10   Daniel Ricciardo 16 -----   -----   11   Jean-Eric Vergne 17 1:26.429   220.884   12   Fernando Alonso 5 1:26.494   220.718   13   Kamui Kobayashi 14 1:26.590   220.473   14   Bruno Senna 19 1:26.663   220.288   15   Paul Di Resta 11 1:27.086   219.218   16   Felipe Massa 6 1:27.497   218.188   17   Sergio Perez 15 1:26.596   220.458   18   Kimi Raikkonen 9 1:27.758   217.539   19   Heikki Kovalainen 20 1:28.679   215.280   20   Vitaly Petrov 21 1:29.018   214.460   21   Timo Glock 24 1:30.923   209.967   22   Charles Pic 25 1:31.670   208.256   23   Pedro de la Rosa 22 1:33.495   204.191   24   Narain Karthikeyan 23 1:33.643   203.868   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Pedro De La Rosa (#22), Narain Karthikeyan (#23)